The deadline for applications for Compute Canada's two annual resource competitions -- Resources for Research Groups (RRG) Competition and the Research Platforms and Portals (RPP) Competition -- is Thursday, November 7, 2019, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Extending this deadline is not possible.
All RRG and RPP...
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On October 29, WestGrid and the University of Saskatchewan's Research Computing team are co-hosting an information + Q&A session on key resources available to support research, including national cloud computing, HPC, and data storage resources. USask faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend.
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On Friday, September 20, WestGrid hosted a Community Town Hall where our Director of Operations, Patrick Mann, shared a detailed overview of the 2020 Compute Canada Resource Allocation Competitions.
Other topics discussed at the WestGrid September Town Hall included:
On October 18, WestGrid and the University of Victoria's Research Computing team are co-hosting an information + Q&A session on key resources available to support research, including national cloud computing, HPC, and data storage resources. University of Victoria faculty, students, and staff are invited to bring their lunch to attend all or part(s) of the agenda.
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Are you interested in helping researchers with running scientific applications or developing and deploying scientific workflows and scientific web portals on Compute Canada's private cloud and public clouds?
The University of Manitoba is hiring a new Cloud Computing Specialist to join its team, seeking someone who will provide valuable support for cloud, HPC, and hybrid HPC-Cloud deployments for UManitoba researchers.
This role will also serve as a member of the Compute Canada's distributed technical support team, which...
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Over the next few weeks, public consultation sessions will be held across Canada as the next step towards implementation of the Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Contribution program. Specifically, the consultations will focus on governance issues, including membership and board composition, of the new not-for-profit organization that will coordinate funding and strategic directions for national activities related to:
In...
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WestGrid's Fall webinar series is back, offering online tutorials on a variety of topics in advanced research computing (ARC), from introductory sessions to more advanced and specialized topics. University faculty, grad students, and staff from all disciplines are invited to attend these sessions!
Click on the 'More Information' links for individual session details or visit our WestGrid Training Materials site for archives...
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The Visualize This! Challenge is back! Now in its fourth year, this Canada-wide competition celebrates the innovative ways visualization can help researchers explore datasets and answer important scientific questions. Visualize This! is a way to challenge your creativity, experiment with new visualization tools, and contribute to the growth of data visualization in Canada!
Led by...
Read more...On September 24, 2019, the Compute Canada Federation will launch its annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC), a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to storage and compute resources beyond what can be obtained via its...
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Are you passionate about helping researchers use high performance computing and other digital infrastructure tools? WestGrid is hiring Research Computing Training Assistant is responsible for supporting and delivering research computing training sessions across all WestGrid Member institutions online, in-person, or over multiple days. This includes working with the Training & Visualization Coordinator to identify gaps in...
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